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mr. romney's put himself in a box and president obama knows it. with 29 days to go, and you can say governor romney is between barack and a hard place. joining me now is an opinion writer for "the washington post" and an msnbc contributor and margorie, democratic strategist. thanks to you both for being here tonight. >> thank you. >> jonathan, it seems like there's a lot of around mr. romney's policies. >> yeah. absolutely, rev. because we've spent so much time focused on his performance and that's sort of the sugar high from the debate on wednesday but then you start focusing in on what he actually said and there's a lot there. as you said, he's boxed himself in a corner. you know, for instance, on his tax policy, on the $716 billion that he says the president is cutting out of medicare which is also in his running mate's own budget, just done in different ways, yeah, he's boxed himself in a corner and i think a lot of democrats hope and we've seen on the campaign trail since the debate that the president is pushing back on a lot of things that h
mr. romney's put himself in a box and president obama knows it. with 29 days to go, and you can say governor romney is between barack and a hard place. joining me now is an opinion writer for "the washington post" and an msnbc contributor and margorie, democratic strategist. thanks to you both for being here tonight. >> thank you. >> jonathan, it seems like there's a lot of around mr. romney's policies. >> yeah. absolutely, rev. because we've spent so much time...
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this is what he said about mr. romney on libya. he said mitt romney has responded to the situation in libya as it has developed going to it's the president who has been unclear what his intention was with respect to our military's involvement in libya. whether or not you agree with president obama on foreign policy and i think that most americans find his foreign policy uncontroversial, it's hard to imagine that mitt romney will portray himself as the guy that makes more sense on foreign policy. if this is the new romney campaign plan, this is awkward timing for them to relaunch their campaign around the idea of a mitt romney foreign policy genius central. they have been making all lovey dovey with the paul ryan budget who mitt romney says he loves pit. mitt romney would like them to think mitt romney right there behind him. paul ryan's budget has a big foreign policy problem, which is he's just accused all of the top u.s. generals of lying to congress. >> why did the committee choose to go against the advice of the generals? >> we
this is what he said about mr. romney on libya. he said mitt romney has responded to the situation in libya as it has developed going to it's the president who has been unclear what his intention was with respect to our military's involvement in libya. whether or not you agree with president obama on foreign policy and i think that most americans find his foreign policy uncontroversial, it's hard to imagine that mitt romney will portray himself as the guy that makes more sense on foreign...
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but i think what you see with mr. romney, largely embracing the ryan plan in the house is a more serious effort to rein in entitlement spending. >> paul: that's where he would be different. what mistakes should he avoid that george w. bush made. look, the bush administration didn't end on a really happy note economically. >> right, right. remember the phrase no new taxes, i think that romney should be no new spending. remember the prescription drug benefit that george bush passed. >> paul: a huge expansion. >> a huge expansion, that contributed a lot to the growth of the tea party which was the insurrection inside the republican party. in 2010 they swept democrats out of office and we have the insuggestives, and one piece of data in the romney economic documents that caught my eye, he will push spending back to 20% of gdp, the average since 1968. during obama's term it's risen to about 24% of gdp. if he sticks to that, that means to spending will not rise during the romney presidency. >> paul: i would have to say romn
but i think what you see with mr. romney, largely embracing the ryan plan in the house is a more serious effort to rein in entitlement spending. >> paul: that's where he would be different. what mistakes should he avoid that george w. bush made. look, the bush administration didn't end on a really happy note economically. >> right, right. remember the phrase no new taxes, i think that romney should be no new spending. remember the prescription drug benefit that george bush passed....
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mr. romney's campaign is not defined by a social conservatism. he has not been a long time pro- life supporter. rick santorum has been a conviction politician on these issues from the time he entered the the political realm. he is a conviction politician on steroids. >> after all of the conservative leaders get together this weekend and talk about going forward with the 2012 field, if in the end mitt romney is the nominee, what kind of promises do you personally want from him before you could support him or other evangelicals could support him? >> what i would tell mr. romney is that the only person who can deliver evangelical and social conservative voters to a candidate is the candidate himself or herself. he has got to close the sale. his vice presidential pick is going to be absolutely critical. it is the first appointment in a possible future romney and ministration. it needs to be someone who is a strong person. someone who probably in addition believes in american exceptional is an an american ticket special role to play in the world as a
mr. romney's campaign is not defined by a social conservatism. he has not been a long time pro- life supporter. rick santorum has been a conviction politician on these issues from the time he entered the the political realm. he is a conviction politician on steroids. >> after all of the conservative leaders get together this weekend and talk about going forward with the 2012 field, if in the end mitt romney is the nominee, what kind of promises do you personally want from him before you...
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together, they doubled mr. romney's vote total. he won in the primary because of the division amongst the conservative candidates. there are too many and they are dividing the social conservative vote. what is going to happen in texas is that we are going to try really hard to discuss at one point we might be able to coalesce behind a candidate and the social conservatives can get excited about both of the primaries and a general election. they will be -- there will be representatives from the romney campaign perry campaign. it will be there. plus, people like me who are not supporting anyone and to do not endorse candidates. >> we are joined this morning and we are talking on this friday morning. our viewers will be watching us on sunday to help with questions. amy, go ahead. >> thank you for joining us. >> it is very interesting, this conference in texas taking place a few days before the south carolina primary. there are a lot of folks who wonder kamahl why did -- , why did this not happen earlier before the iowa caucus? is it t
together, they doubled mr. romney's vote total. he won in the primary because of the division amongst the conservative candidates. there are too many and they are dividing the social conservative vote. what is going to happen in texas is that we are going to try really hard to discuss at one point we might be able to coalesce behind a candidate and the social conservatives can get excited about both of the primaries and a general election. they will be -- there will be representatives from the...
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most worrying for mr. romney, though, is this. the 34% of people who say they like him is the lowest "i like you" number for any leading presidential candidate in this poll at this point in the primary season since 1984. ow. this is not the sort of thing that just befalls you as a candidate, though. sad as this may be, this is not the sort of thing that just happens to you. this is less like a stomach flu and more like a hangover. this is something that you kind of have to bring upon yourself. and campaigning today in wisconsin, mr. romney once again showed how he has brought numbers this bad upon himself. unprompted, mr. romney brought up what he said was a humorous anecdote -- he used the word "humorous" -- regarding michigan and wisconsin. listen to this. this is the story that he volunteered to wisconsin voters today during a telephone town hall. listen. >> i have a few connections with the state of wisconsin. one of the most humorous, i think, really, is to my father. you may remember that my father, george romney, was presid
most worrying for mr. romney, though, is this. the 34% of people who say they like him is the lowest "i like you" number for any leading presidential candidate in this poll at this point in the primary season since 1984. ow. this is not the sort of thing that just befalls you as a candidate, though. sad as this may be, this is not the sort of thing that just happens to you. this is less like a stomach flu and more like a hangover. this is something that you kind of have to bring upon...
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romney does not want to discuss mr. mr. legitimate rape: maybe he simply does not want to associate with a losing candidate. despite polls taken immediately after mr. akin's comments over the weekend shows a tight race, a poll we raley show because of its conservative bias shows claire mccaskill with a lead over akin joining me now, ken vogel, thank you for your time this evening. i'm not sure, ken, can you hear me? >> i can't hear you. >> eliot: all right i'm not sure ken is hear meg right now. we'll get him on the line in just a moment. one of the things that we'll talk about with ken is an article that he wrote today that was fascinating that talks about how super pacs, which are supposed to have absolutely no contact with the individuals or the candidates they're supporting, in fact, have been sitting down with them in the committee rooms and on capitol hill passing instructions back and forth. ken, i don't know if you can hear me now, can you hear me? >> sorry about that. >> eliot: can you hear me now. >> i can hear yo
romney does not want to discuss mr. mr. legitimate rape: maybe he simply does not want to associate with a losing candidate. despite polls taken immediately after mr. akin's comments over the weekend shows a tight race, a poll we raley show because of its conservative bias shows claire mccaskill with a lead over akin joining me now, ken vogel, thank you for your time this evening. i'm not sure, ken, can you hear me? >> i can't hear you. >> eliot: all right i'm not sure ken is hear...
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arriving in scottsdale for a fund-raiser this afternoon and though mr. romney called arizona's immigration policy a model for the nation at a debate earlier this year, he managed to issue a statement full of words and fury, but signifying nothing earlier today. quote, president obama has failed to provide any leadership on immigration. this represents
arriving in scottsdale for a fund-raiser this afternoon and though mr. romney called arizona's immigration policy a model for the nation at a debate earlier this year, he managed to issue a statement full of words and fury, but signifying nothing earlier today. quote, president obama has failed to provide any leadership on immigration. this represents
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romney, but it was not very much about mr. romney at all. but what is maybe more surprising about how little we heard of mitt romney last week was how much we heard of a man named george w. bush. we made a big deal on this show about the fact that george w. bush was not going to the republican national convention. we noted it, everybody noted it. it seemed important. right? after leaving the country fighting two wars and in financial catastrophe, financial ruin four short years ago, mr. bush's party seemed not ready to embrace him or his legacy. and it is true that mr. bush did not go to the convention. he was not there in person. but it turned out he didn't really need to be there in person. his stamp was all over the place in tampa. beyond the glossy "he was a nice guy" video, substantively, george w. bush's foreign policy was the foreign policy of this republican convention. and apparently it is the foreign policy of the republican party's presidential nominee this year. mr. bush's brother, jeb, front paged his convention speech with a we
romney, but it was not very much about mr. romney at all. but what is maybe more surprising about how little we heard of mitt romney last week was how much we heard of a man named george w. bush. we made a big deal on this show about the fact that george w. bush was not going to the republican national convention. we noted it, everybody noted it. it seemed important. right? after leaving the country fighting two wars and in financial catastrophe, financial ruin four short years ago, mr. bush's...
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romney invoke mr. bush but was not able t make out t context a wasgain escted awayy a ceaiaffe the romyampanent t grealeng to low ere be a meeting but also squelching evidence the h had anythg too wh eh othe d in t seews cle, in at se new cycl sebod in romy ld had t gens ea ofloangs mr. romney's vice presidential nominee, the highest profile person from the bu/cheystrion o w n gege w bhrick chen. so thereettiew mmunatio in er a mneynd. ems ke a goodea. with or without these, i'm sure excellent new communications folks coming in to try to tune up the shop at rom m, is gointo beard forhem t r fr the rl cnectns betwn mrroey's camign andhe ltepubcan esidcy. mean even if mitt romney has so far managed to avoid being seen next to george w. bux, there are now a bh of statemen on eecor o h andick cney makg overal gooy eye a eh othe mneyayin dicchen is a man of wisdom and judgment, somebody he would model his own vice presidential pick after. dick cheney sayingast night, when ihinkf theind o divial iant in tval
romney invoke mr. bush but was not able t make out t context a wasgain escted awayy a ceaiaffe the romyampanent t grealeng to low ere be a meeting but also squelching evidence the h had anythg too wh eh othe d in t seews cle, in at se new cycl sebod in romy ld had t gens ea ofloangs mr. romney's vice presidential nominee, the highest profile person from the bu/cheystrion o w n gege w bhrick chen. so thereettiew mmunatio in er a mneynd. ems ke a goodea. with or without these, i'm sure excellent...
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romney? >> yes, mr. romney. >> mr. romney, what do you plan on doing with immigrants without their green cards living here as productive members of societies? >> thank you. lorraine, thank you for your question. let me step back and tell me what i'd like to do with our immigration policy broadly and include an answer to you're question. first of all, this is a nation of immigrants. we welcome people coming to this country as immigrants. my dad was born in mexico of american parents, ann's dad was born in wales, a first generation american. where he welcome legal immigrants into this country. i want our legal system to work better. i want it to be streamlined. i want to be clearer. i don't think you have to -- shouldn't have to hire a lawyer to figure out how to get in this country legally. i also think we should have give visas to people, green cards rather to people who graduate with skills that we need. people around the world with accredited degrees in science and math, get a green card stapled to their diploma, com
romney? >> yes, mr. romney. >> mr. romney, what do you plan on doing with immigrants without their green cards living here as productive members of societies? >> thank you. lorraine, thank you for your question. let me step back and tell me what i'd like to do with our immigration policy broadly and include an answer to you're question. first of all, this is a nation of immigrants. we welcome people coming to this country as immigrants. my dad was born in mexico of american...
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he says, mr. romney can't call mr. obama a liar. that's too harsh a word that might backfire, that would backfire. mr. romney must instead set the estine, traight in respectful, but not differential. and a dash of humor is worth its weight in gold. >> yeah, what they are going to go for is the old reagan thing, show me --ou, w it, there you go again. and that's what they are going to go for except if i were president obama, i would come back and say, excuse me, you're not ronald rean and i knew ronald reagan. mean,ou know, i abte crazy. today we're going to have an nfl football game. can you imagine the opposing team giving the other team the playbook? i mean, he doesn't have that ma plays in the booko bin th nerou advisers are, in essence, giving the obama administration -- giving the obama debate team the play that they are going to run as if this president isn't going to be prepared to counter anything. i don't know what kind of caaign they areun and the last thing i would do is publicize my strategy in the first debate. >> i thi
he says, mr. romney can't call mr. obama a liar. that's too harsh a word that might backfire, that would backfire. mr. romney must instead set the estine, traight in respectful, but not differential. and a dash of humor is worth its weight in gold. >> yeah, what they are going to go for is the old reagan thing, show me --ou, w it, there you go again. and that's what they are going to go for except if i were president obama, i would come back and say, excuse me, you're not ronald rean and...
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after his convention, you will recall that mr. romney went on vacation. mr. romney, even after he had such a big win at the first presidential debate, he did not have any big, morning after the debate rallies or anything. he went and did an event that was off his public schedule, but nobody knew for sure he would be anywhere, and there wasn't a big crowd of people around him while he was rallying the troops to his big win. it was a very quiet morning. and then again today, after the second presidential debate, mr. romney did no public events in the morning. i mean, i don't know if it means anything important, but it is an unusual choice for this candidate that no other modern candidate has done. and mr. romney, it wasn't just a fluke. he keeps doing it after big events. that said, mr. romney did not take the whole day off today. this afternoon, he did a rally in virginia and then he stayed in virginia for the day to do another virginia rally tonight. on the democratic side, vice president joe biden did an early afternoon rally in greeley, colorado, today. he
after his convention, you will recall that mr. romney went on vacation. mr. romney, even after he had such a big win at the first presidential debate, he did not have any big, morning after the debate rallies or anything. he went and did an event that was off his public schedule, but nobody knew for sure he would be anywhere, and there wasn't a big crowd of people around him while he was rallying the troops to his big win. it was a very quiet morning. and then again today, after the second...
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consider mr. romney did not just lose tim pawlenty. look at the travel schedule of this week of these three guys who are supposed to be top tier headliners. chris christie was in iowa which is not part of new jersey. rick santorum also this week, look. also in iowa. he's doing an iowa bus tour now. on wednesday of next week where is bobby jindal, not in louisiana. he's also going to iowa. when your own to tier surrogates are saying forget this guy. let's talk 2016 and me. then it's time to change the subject to anything even to your tax returns. [ woman ] dear chex cereal, you've done the impossible. made gluten-free cereals in a bunch of yummy flavors. like cinnamon chex, honey nut chex, and chocolate chex... we're in cereal heaven. so thanks. from the mcgregors, 'cause we love chex. gives you a 50% annual bonus. and everyone likes 50% more [ russian accent ] rubles. eh, eheh, eh, eh. [ brooklyn accent ] 50% more simoleons. [ western accent ] 50% more sawbucks. ♪ [ maine accent ] 50% more clams. it's a lobster, either way. [ male an
consider mr. romney did not just lose tim pawlenty. look at the travel schedule of this week of these three guys who are supposed to be top tier headliners. chris christie was in iowa which is not part of new jersey. rick santorum also this week, look. also in iowa. he's doing an iowa bus tour now. on wednesday of next week where is bobby jindal, not in louisiana. he's also going to iowa. when your own to tier surrogates are saying forget this guy. let's talk 2016 and me. then it's time to...
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there was this flap over mr. romney and his comments about egypt and libya, and then, you know, now the latest thing that he said about the 47% out there. so, there's been a lot of nervousness in the republican field and the silver lining of this, if there is one, it does give them an opportunity to go out and reboot and try to buck up some of those conservatives who are worried. what their strategy seems to be, is more mitt. we're going to put him out there more and have him talking more. i think the test is going to be, whether or not people are just seeing him. that doesn't help. they need to be hearing from him what he's going to do. >> okay. and dan, so, but hearing him say what? >> and the question. >> and what about that ad? he did list specifics, i think the campaign, two of their conservative critics would say, what do you want, henninger, not you what do you want gigot? >> i want answers. >> paul: so, what about. >> not to put too fine a point on it, paul. i thought the ad was ridiculous. the first thin
there was this flap over mr. romney and his comments about egypt and libya, and then, you know, now the latest thing that he said about the 47% out there. so, there's been a lot of nervousness in the republican field and the silver lining of this, if there is one, it does give them an opportunity to go out and reboot and try to buck up some of those conservatives who are worried. what their strategy seems to be, is more mitt. we're going to put him out there more and have him talking more. i...
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lorain osario has a question for mr. romney, and we'll be right with you, mr. president. thanks. >> what do you plan on doing immigrants without their green cards that are currently living here as productive members of society? >> thank you. lorain? did i get that right? good. thank you for your question. let me step back and tell me what i would like to do with immigration policy broadly and include an answer to your question. first of all this is a nation of immigrants. we welcome people coming to this country as immigrants. my dad was born in mention cough american parents and ann's dad was born in wales. i want our legal system to work better, i want it to be streamlined and clearer. i don't think you should have to hire a lawyer to figure out how to get into this country legally. i think we should give visas to people -- green cards to people rather to people with skills that we need. people with accredited degrees in science and math, get a green card stapled to their diploma, come to the us of a. make sure our legal system works, number two, we have to strap i will
lorain osario has a question for mr. romney, and we'll be right with you, mr. president. thanks. >> what do you plan on doing immigrants without their green cards that are currently living here as productive members of society? >> thank you. lorain? did i get that right? good. thank you for your question. let me step back and tell me what i would like to do with immigration policy broadly and include an answer to your question. first of all this is a nation of immigrants. we welcome...
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she says she disagrees with mr. romney. mark meadows, running for congress as a republican in north carolina, says that he is different from mitt romney. lamontagne, running in new hampshire, promising not to be a partisan -- is promising not to be a partisan governor in the style of mr. romney and his 47% speech. but here's maybe the biggest panic button that there is on the republican side right now. it's from the "huffington post" today. a republican operative working on congressional races, quote, warned that in key swing states, mitt romney's support and internal polling is well below that of republican candidates in districts where the presidential nominee needs to get big support to have a chance at winning. this is the quote from the republican operative. "he is just well under all of our other guys," this republican said, "i'm very concerned." think about what that means for a second. what they're talking about here is key districts in key swing states. ones where mitt romney really needs to win big in order to win
she says she disagrees with mr. romney. mark meadows, running for congress as a republican in north carolina, says that he is different from mitt romney. lamontagne, running in new hampshire, promising not to be a partisan -- is promising not to be a partisan governor in the style of mr. romney and his 47% speech. but here's maybe the biggest panic button that there is on the republican side right now. it's from the "huffington post" today. a republican operative working on...
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the original question to mr. romney, how are you different than george w. bush. but when mr. obama had a turn, this is what he said. >> there are some things where governor romney is different from george bush. george bush didn't propose turning medicare into a voucher. >> i don't know about george w. bush and medicare and vouchers was he right there? >> i do know. earlier this year i read "renewing america's promise", and what surprised me when i read it is right there in the medicare section, there was a big thing on turning medicare into a voucher. it says the commission introduced a reform plan then on the next page. as president the governor will seek to reform medicare by building on these recent bipartisan efforts. he doesn't use words premium support or voucher. but if you know what that plan is he's talking about from the bipartisan reform commission is, that's premium support. this is something the republicans wanted to do for a very long time. it's something mitt romney wants to do now. so the contrast he drew is not quite right. there is continuity. >> you think a
the original question to mr. romney, how are you different than george w. bush. but when mr. obama had a turn, this is what he said. >> there are some things where governor romney is different from george bush. george bush didn't propose turning medicare into a voucher. >> i don't know about george w. bush and medicare and vouchers was he right there? >> i do know. earlier this year i read "renewing america's promise", and what surprised me when i read it is right...
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. ♪ hotwire.com >> for the long term, remember that the economic vision of mr. romney and his allies in congress of was tested a few years ago. we tried this. their policies did not grow the economy. they didn't grow the middle class. they did not reduce our debt. why would we think that they would work better this time? >> he has put together almost as much picture debt as all the prior presidents combined. you want four more years of that? you call that forward? that's forward over a cliff. that is forward on the way to greece. i don't want that. i will finally get america on track to have a balanced budget and we will limit the size of government. >> greta: president obama and governor romney almost bumped into each other. they both were in ohio, laying out competing economic visions. former presidential candidate, fred thompson is here. >> thank you. >> greta: a lot harder to be the incumbent. the president said, we tested it, we tried this. he has been in office 3 1/2 years and i thought, yikes, he had 69,000 jobs in may, which was dismal and unemployment t
. ♪ hotwire.com >> for the long term, remember that the economic vision of mr. romney and his allies in congress of was tested a few years ago. we tried this. their policies did not grow the economy. they didn't grow the middle class. they did not reduce our debt. why would we think that they would work better this time? >> he has put together almost as much picture debt as all the prior presidents combined. you want four more years of that? you call that forward? that's forward...
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he's harshly critical of mitt romney and how mr. romney is running his campaign. he says he was annoyed by mr. romney's references to his father as inspiration and influence on him. "i just don't see it." where is it? is it on issues? no. george would never have been seen with the likes of sheldon adelson or donald trump. regardless of the spit take it causes from your father's old friends as you try to wrap yourself in the mantle of your father's integrity, the fact is funds must be raised and the romney campaign announced that just last month in september they raised $170 million, which is a lot but is $10 million less than the obama campaign raised. the campaigns are closely matched with what they are raising. where the president and democrats are getting swamped is by the money spent by outside groups. the dark money. money spent outside the campaign. since labor day the spending on the presidential election by outside groups, the proportion of that spending that's been pro-romney and anti-obama is almost three quarters a huge majority of the dark money spendi
he's harshly critical of mitt romney and how mr. romney is running his campaign. he says he was annoyed by mr. romney's references to his father as inspiration and influence on him. "i just don't see it." where is it? is it on issues? no. george would never have been seen with the likes of sheldon adelson or donald trump. regardless of the spit take it causes from your father's old friends as you try to wrap yourself in the mantle of your father's integrity, the fact is funds must be...
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mr. romney is winning with older voters. so if you are a political technician and trying to win the state of florida for your candidate, this polling pattern is not just an interesting fact about how this state is likely to vote. what you are looking at right there is actionable intelligence. what political messaging is going to be most effective for winning this state given these age-specific numbers. again, you do not have to guess. it's an empirical question with an empirical answer. it is in the numbers. look from that same fox news poll. regardless of how you might vote, which presidential candidate do you prust to do a better job on protecting medicare? look at the margin. president obama winning that question in florida by a 13-point margin. so the people who want barack obama to win florida are pressing that advantage right now and the people who want mitt romney to win florida are trying to eliminate the president's advantage on that right now and they are both doing it in an intensely targeted way with this crucial
mr. romney is winning with older voters. so if you are a political technician and trying to win the state of florida for your candidate, this polling pattern is not just an interesting fact about how this state is likely to vote. what you are looking at right there is actionable intelligence. what political messaging is going to be most effective for winning this state given these age-specific numbers. again, you do not have to guess. it's an empirical question with an empirical answer. it is...